VTC vs. TBFG ETF Comparison

Comparison of Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF (VTC) to The Brinsmere Fund Growth ETF (TBFG)
VTC

Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF

VTC Description

The investment seeks to track the performance of a broad, market-weighted corporate bond index. The fund is a fund of funds and employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Bond Index, which measures the investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. The index includes U.S. dollar-denominated securities that are publicly issued by industrial, utility, and financial issuers.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$76.59

Average Daily Volume

41,410

Number of Holdings *

2

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
TBFG

The Brinsmere Fund Growth ETF

TBFG Description The fund is an actively managed fund of funds, which seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a globally diversified portfolio of equity and bond markets. It systematically adjusts its holdings using two proprietary strategies developed by the fund"s investment adviser, The Milwaukee Company, that are run independently. Those strategies are the Systematic Market Beta Strategy ("SMB") and the Classic Asset Allocation Revisited Strategy ("CAAR"). SMB and CAAR systematically rebalance the underlying funds in which the fund may invest based on a set of proprietary risk-management techniques.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$27.84

Average Daily Volume

770

Number of Holdings *

10

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period VTC TBFG
30 Days -0.34% -0.14%
60 Days -2.87% 0.81%
90 Days -1.68% 3.13%
12 Months 7.78%
1 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in VTC Weight in TBFG Overlap
VCIT D 28.67% 2.56% 2.56%
VTC Overweight 1 Positions Relative to TBFG
Symbol Grade Weight
VCLT D 33.24%
VTC Underweight 9 Positions Relative to TBFG
Symbol Grade Weight
RSP A -13.25%
QQQ B -6.8%
MGK B -5.32%
SHV A -4.96%
XCEM D -4.54%
IWP A -2.54%
XLRE C -2.3%
BCI C -1.9%
PDBC D -0.55%
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